Umm Hakim bint Abdul Muttalib

Umm Hakim bint Abdul Muttalib was an aunt of Muhammad.

She was born in Mecca c. 546, the daughter of Abdul Muttalib ibn Hashim and Fatimah bint Amr al-Makhzumiya.[1][2]:32 She was the twin sister of Abdullah, the father of Muhammad.[3]:198 Umm Hakim was known as Al-Baydaa ("the White One") because she was Abdulmuttalib's only fair-skinned daughter.[3]:198

She married Kurayz ibn Rabia from the Abdshams clan of the Quraysh. Their children were Amir, Arwa (the mother of the future Caliph Uthman), Talha and Umm Talha.[2]:32[3]:198

Umm Hakim died before 610.[3]:198

References

  1. Ibn Hisham note 97.
  2. 1 2 Muhammad ibn Saad, Tabaqat vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk vol. 39. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors. New York: State University of New York Press.
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